FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 15, 2015Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed WAS by 8 after the first quarter and won 113–108.

Final
CHA87
TOR92
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +11; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +5
Final
ORL88
BKN101
Q1 BKN -5; Q2 BKN -4; Q3 BKN 0; Q4 BKN +13
Final
ATL85
CHI91
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI -7; Q3 CHI -2; Q4 CHI +6
Final · OT
WAS108
CLE113
Q1 CLE -8; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE -5; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +5
Final
POR98
DAL114
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +19; Q4 DAL +16
Final
UTA91
HOU117
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +30; Q3 HOU +33; Q4 HOU +26
Final
BOS105
MIL100
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +5
Final
OKC138
MIN113
Q1 OKC +18; Q2 OKC +22; Q3 OKC +21; Q4 OKC +25
Final
SAS103
NOP108
Q1 NOP +15; Q2 NOP +16; Q3 NOP +11; Q4 NOP +5
Final
DET112
NYK90
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +22
Final
MIA105
PHI101
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +18; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +4
Final
IND83
MEM95
Q1 MEM -2; Q2 MEM +13; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +12
Final
DEN126
GSW133
Q1 GSW +12; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW 0; Q4 GSW +7
Final
SAC122
LAL99
Q1 SAC +10; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +19; Q4 SAC +23
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2013–14Apr 15, 2014: 2 games. Top scorer: Blake Griffin (LAC vs DEN), 24 points.
The lead · WAS @ CLE

Cleveland flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Washington led 56–53 at the break. Tied 101–101 after regulation, Cleveland won the extra time 12–7. Final: 113–108. Kevin Love led Cleveland with 19 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-8-3-50+5CLE AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
WAS282823227108
CLE2033212712113
Who led
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 22, 18, 10, 11, 16, 19, 7, 19CLE19 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Matthew DellavedovaPoints, last 10 games: 9, 0, 0, 14, 2, 3, 9, 7, 2, 18CLE18 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Martell WebsterPoints, last 10 games: 2, 6, 6, 6, 2, 3, 0, 0, 3, 20WAS20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Rasual ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 2, 2, 7, 10, 9, 0, 6, 17WAS17 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 76 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg5.6Last 3

5.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 61 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+38.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
2.4Season avg40.7Today

41 minutes today, against 2.4 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · ATL @ CHI

Chicago keeps rolling, beats Atlanta

That is four in a row. Final: 91–85. Aaron Brooks led Chicago with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · CHI
W@ TOR116–103Wvs NYK111–80L@ MIL91–95Wvs DET88–82L@ CLE94–99L@ ORL103–105W@ MIA89–78Wvs PHI114–107W@ BKN113–86Wvs ATL91–85CHI: last 10 games through Apr 15, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 37

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 37, 33, 31, 18, 40, 17, 27, 54, 36, 37OKC @ MIN · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 4, 6, 2, 8, 13, 6, 0, 34MIA @ PHI · W
8.8 PPG season to date · +26.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 8, 19, 18, 15, 22, 2, 6, 33MEM vs IND · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Dion WaitersPoints, last 10 games: 3, 18, 19, 8, 14, 10, 22, 16, 13, 33OKC @ MIN · W
11.8 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high33 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Jabari BrownPoints, last 10 games: 22, 6, 11, 10, 7, 11, 20, 18, 18, 32LAL vs SAC · L
11.9 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 20, 19, 29, 12, 19, 27, 24, 31NOP vs SAS · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Zach LaVineMIN+10.6 20.7 last 10 · 10.1 season
Omri CasspiSAC+8.7 17.6 last 10 · 8.9 season
Danilo GallinariDEN+8.1 20.5 last 10 · 12.4 season
Jordan ClarksonLAL+8.0 19.9 last 10 · 11.9 season
Jameer NelsonDEN+5.8 14.1 last 10 · 8.3 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
KJ McDanielsHOU−6.8 1.1 last 10 · 7.9 season
Paul PierceWAS−6.3 5.6 last 10 · 11.9 season
Ryan AndersonNOP−6.1 7.6 last 10 · 13.7 season
Donald SloanIND−6.0 1.4 last 10 · 7.4 season